The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-04-29
TERRITORIAL NEWS.


Kate Maloney, who was burned in
the Huron prairie fires, is dead.
Fargo will have a new college, under
the auspices of the Congregational
denomination.
A board OF trade has been formed
ct Sioux Falls.
The postofice at Maitland, Doug
lass county, and Starr, Hutchinson
county, have been discontinued.
The Hicks-Trask Hardware com-
pany, Aberdeen, which recently as
signed, will resume business.
Frank E. Stevens, ex-county treasur-
err, on trial at Huron for embezzle-
ment, was found not guilty.
Hereafter two-thirds of the liquor
license fund OF Fargo viii go to the
city for general purposes.
Six hundred more patents haxe just
been received by the United States
land Office in Huron.
Sioux Falls petitions the postmas.
~ter-general for a free city delivery, and
is endeavoring to raise money for a
$4,000 board of trade building.
1t is reported that the st. Paulcom
pany intends to build to Bismark this
year. Surveying parties employed by
the road ran seVcrallines into thecity
FIVE or six years ago. 1t isstated that
the railroad company is negotiating
for real estate is Bismarck for termin-
al facilities.
w. w. Anderson, agent at Grow
Creek, declares that no settlers were
removed except those living on the
Big Bend district, who, have been twice
notified to vacate. Failing to comply
troops were ordered to remove them.
The object is to secure the district a
government pasture. No other on the
reservation have at any time received
personal notice to vacate.
Directors Of the territorial peniten-
tiary at Sioux Falls held a special
meeting to elect q warden, having
come to an agreement. Daniel Q. Gid
den was elected by vote OF three out
OF five.
The board OF directors of the North
Dakota penitentiary met at Bismarck
and organized, by the election Of j. A.
McCabe, one of the new Democratic
appoints of the chairman.
nj.
Railroad COMMISSIONS Boynton
has moved his family to Canton and
will hereafter make that city his head
quarters.
Louisiana Annie Gilbertson, husband
and wife, OF Grand Forks. aged sixty
and ffty-nine years respectively, were
adjudged insane and sent to James
town asylum
George Johnston, 3 resident OF Dav.
ison county since 1880, died at Mount
Vernon, aged eighty. five years. He
was the father OF George A. Johnston
of Mitchell and e. s. Johnston, ofthe
Mount Vernon Gazette.
A special agent from the general
land Office is at Brookings with a list
of forty. five suspended entries and the
register of deeds is making an abstract
in each case to be sent to Washington.
They are all claims proved up under
the act of June /, 1880, which did not
require residence,
At Fargo q contract was entered
into with the Star Iron Tower com
pany Of Fort Wayne for the the con-
struction OF a third electric tower to
be completed in a month.
Gen. Ruger said in st. Paul that ali
that he knew about the movement Of
troops from Fort sully on to the
W~innebago and Grow Creek agencies
was that the agent hal asked for the
military under the Old order OF a year
ago, and that the officer commanding
had sent him a company. As to the
report that the settlers on the reser-
walton would be shot if they did not
leave, he said that it was bosh.
The Merchants National bank at
Deadwood reopened with abundant
funds. The surplus has been Increased
to $85, 600.
Fears are apprehended OF the safety
Of William Cannon, postmaster at
Fort Abraham Lincoln. Cannon is q
Director OF the First National Bank OF
Mandan, and owns considerable prop
erty. His credit and reputation are
~frst,ciass. He is fifty years Of ageand
unmarried. 1t is feared that temper
airy alteration OF mind led him to wan
der away.